"GER (5) WYOMING.-The allusions contained in the following stanzas can be understood by those only who have read Campbell's beautiful poem, TRUDE of WYOMING :" but who has not read it? (6) MAGDALEN.-These lines were written for a love-stricken young officer on his way to Greece. The reader will have the kindness to presume that he died there. (7) Lieut. ALLEN.—He commanded the U. S. Sloop of War Alligator, and was mortally wounded on the 9th of Nov. 1822, in an action with pirates, near Matanzas, in the Island of Cuba. His mother, a few hours after hearing of his death, died-literally of a broken heart. m |